Window



Dec. 29, 1936. P, BARBAY 2,066,134

WINDOW Patented Dec. 29, 1936 NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

My invention relates to sliding window sash construction, and, has forits object to provide a window structure wherein both the upper andlower sash can be raised and lowered in the usual manner, and, alsowherein both sash can be swung inwardly so as to render the outer facesof the window panes accessible from within the room for washing, orcleaning the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide sliding sash already ina building with my invention so as to permit the sash being swunginwardly into a room as well as being raised up and down.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a windowsash, construction which possesses advantages in points of simplicityand efficiency, and, at the same time proves itself comparativelyinexpensive in cost of manufacture.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel features of construction, arrangement and combination of partshereinafter more fully described and finally pointed out in the claimshereto appended.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification, wherein like characters of reference denote similar partsthroughout the several views:

Fig. 1 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view of a window showing bothof the sash in full lines as swung into open position and also showingthem in their closed position in dotted lines.

.Fig. 2 is an inside elevation of a window constructed in accordancewith my invention.

Fig. 3 is an inside elevation of a window with a portion thereof brokenaway and showing the lower sash in its raised position.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the lower sash disengagedfrom one of the stile members.

Fig. 5 is a detail showing one of the lower corners of the window frameand the lower sash moved into position ready for being swung in- Wardly.

Fig. 6 is a detail similar to Fig. 4 showing the lower sash in its swungopen position.

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the right side of the window frame,showing the detachable stile members of the upper and lower sashes inthe position they assume when the sashes have been swung into openposition.

Fig. 8 is a detail of the detachable stile member of the upper sash.

Fig. 9 is a detail of the detachable stile member of the lower sash.

weights; l0 and H, the suspension cords, and I2 and I3 the pulleys forthe upper window sash frame i l, which may be provided with one or moreglasses l5.

Numerals l6 and I! designate the balancing weights; l8 and IS, thesuspension cords and 20 5;

and 2| the pulleys for the lower window sash frame 22, which may beprovided with one or more glass panes 23. The meeting rails 24 and 25 ofthe sashes M and 22 are beveled in the well known usual manner to form aclose joint between them when the upper and lower sash frames are intheir closed positions within the window frame I The side member 26 ofthe upper sash frame I4 is hinged, as at 21, to an independent stilemember 28 which is vertically slidable in a way between the parting head2 and the outside stop 4 and connected to the suspension cord .I2, asclearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The opposite side member 26. of theupper sash frame I4 is detachably connected to an independent verticallyslidable stile member 29 so that the upper sash frame M can be swunginwardly for cleaning the outer face of the window pane IS. The stilemember 29 is connected to the suspension cord 13, as shown in Fig. l.

The hinged stile member 28 is provided upon its inner side face with agroove 30 adapted to receive the tongue 3| of the side member 26 of thesash frame l4 when the sash frame is in its closed position to providean air tight joint between the side and stile members 26 and 28,respectively. The independent stile member 28 is also provided with afacial groove 32 whichis metal lined, as at 33, and is adapted toreceive the extended end 3; of a metallic strip 35 secured to the innerside face of the parting bead 2, as shown in Fig. 1. This arrangementprevents the stile member 28 from leaving its way between parting bead 2and stop 4 when the sash frame I4 is moved to an open position. It alsoactsin the dual capacity of a weather strip.

The side member 26' of the upper sash frame 14 is provided, as shown inFigs. 1 and ;10 with a facial groove 37 which extends downwardly a Vsuitable distance from the upper face of the frame and it terminates ina beveled lower face 38. This groove 31 is adapted to receive a tongue'39 having a lower beveled face 40 carried by the inner side face of thestile member 29 when the sash frame is in its closed position.

The side member 26' of the sash frame I4 is also provided with a tongue-4| extending upwardly from the lower face thereof to the lower end ofgroove 31, and the upper end of the tongue is beveled, as at 42. Thistongue 4| is receivable in a facial groove 43 having a beveled upper endin the lower portion of the stile member 23 when.

the sash frame I4 is in its closed'position. This arrangement providesan air tight joint between the side member 26 of the sash frame l4 andthe frame being'disconnected from the stile member 1 is hinged, as atstile member 29 when the sash frame is in its closed position, and alsopermits of the sash 29 throughadownward' sliding movement of the "sash'frame l4'relative'to the stile member 29.

In order to lock the upper sash frame M to the "stile member 28 when thesash frame is in its closed position relative thereto, I provide thesash frame with a suitable slidable latch member 44 which is engageablein a facial opening 45 in the stile member 29, which opening is clearlyshown in Figs. 7 and 8. A suitable upper sash frame guide plate 46 iscarried by the lower outside corner of the stile member 29, as shown inFig. 1. The stile member29 is provided with an outer facial groove 41,which maybe metal lined,

as at 48, to receive the tonguef49 of a metallic strip 50 which issecured to the window frame and also seated in-the outside stop Thispre- -vents lateral displacement of the stile 29 in its way between theparting bead 3and the stop 5 and also acts in the dual capacity as aweather strip.. V V V The side member 5| of the lower sash frame 22 ber53 which is vertically slidable in a way be- ,tween the parting bead 2and the inside stop 1 r and connected to the suspension cord l8, as

clearly shown in Fig. 1. The opposite side member 54 of the lower sashframe 22 is detachably connected to an independent vertically slidablestile member 55 so that the lower sash frame 22 can be swung inwardlyfor cleaning the outside face of the window pane 23. The stile member 55is connected to the. suspension cord I9, as f shown in Fig. 1.

-The hinged stile member 53 is provided upon its inner side facewitha'groove 56 adapted to receive the tongue 51 oftheside member 5| ofr the lower sash frame 22 whenthesash frame is in its closed position toprovide an air tightjoint between the side and stile members 5| and 53,

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The independent stile member 53 also provided upon its outer face with afacial groove 58, which is metal lined, as at 59 and is adapted toreceive the extended, or tongue end 60 of the metallic strip 35 securedto the parting bead 2, as shown in Fig. 1. The opposite or inner face ofthe stile member 53 is also provided with a facial groove M which ispreferably metal lined, as at 62 and adapted to receivethe extended end63 of a. guide plate 64 carried by the inside stop 'Lasshown'in Figs.land '2. This arrangement prevents the stile member 53 from leaving itsway between the parting head 2 and the inside stop 1 when the lower sashframe 22 is moved or swung into its open position, as shown in fulllines in. Fig. 11.

52, to an independent stile mem The side member of the lower sash frame22 is provided, as shown in Fig. 1, with a facial groove 66 whichextends downwardly a suitable distance from the upper face of the lowersash frame and it terminates in a beveled lower face 61. This groove 66is adapted to receive a tongue 68 having a lower beveled face 69 carriedby the V inner side face of the stile member 55 when the lower sashframe is in its closed position'and moved into its connected positionwith the stile member 53.

The side member 54 of the lower sash frame is also provided with atongue 10 extending upwardly from the lower face thereof to the lowerend of the facial groove 66. The upper face of the tongue Ill isbeveled, as at H and is receivable in a facial groove 12 having 'abeveled upper end formed in the lower portion of the stile member. 55when the lower sash frame 22 is moved into closed position relative tothe stile member 55.

'This arrangementprovides' an air tight joint between the side member 54of the sash frame 22 and the stile member 55 when the sash frame is inits closed position relative to the stile member 55 and also permits ofthe sash frame being disconnected from the stile member 55 by downwardsliding movement of the lower sash frame relative to the stile member55.

In order to lock the lower sash frame 22 to the stile member 55 when thesash frame is in its closed position relative thereto, I provide thesash 7 frame 22 with a suitable slidable latch member 13, which isengageable in a facial opening 14in the stile member 55, which openingis clearly shown in Figs. 7 and 9.

The stile member 55. is provided with an outer facial groove 15, whichmay be metal lined, as at as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Suitable block members and 8| are secured to the parting bead strips 2and 3, respectively, at points opposite the ends of the meeting rails ofthe upper and lower sashes when the sashes are closed. This preventsair'currents from finding their way up between the stile members 28 and 53,and .29 and 55, as will be observed from Figs. 1 and 7;

V A suitable hinged stop member 82 is carried by the window'frame asuitable distance above the window sill'83 upon whichthe lower end ofthe stile member 53 can be seated while the lower sash frame 22 is in anopen position. When not in use, the stop member 82 canbe swung back soas not to interfere with the extreme lowering movement of the lowerwindow sash as a whole.

A suitable stop member 84 is carried by the:

window frame I at the upper end of the way receiving' the stile member55, so that the stile member 55 of the lower window sash cannot beraised to the extreme upperfend of the window frame.

The relative positions of the stile members 29 and 55 afterthe upper andlower sash frames have been opened, are clearly shown in Fig. 7. It willbe observedthat the. lower edge of stile member 55 is below the loweredge of thestile member 29. 1-

swears-4 Operation When it is desired to clean the outer faces of thewindow panes of the upper and lower sashes, the following manipulationsare necessary, to-wit:

The lower sash is raised until the stile member 55 engages the stopmember 84. When the lower sash has been thus raised, the operatorwithdraws the latch member from opening 13 of the stile member 55. Theoperator next lowers the hinged stop 82, as shown in Fig. and then pullsdown on the sash frame 22 until the stile member 53 engages the hingedstop 82. This pulling down movement of the lower sash frame 22disconnects the-lower sash frame from tongue and groove engagement withthe stile member 55 so that just as soon as the lower sash is seatedupon the hinged stop member 82 the lower sash frame 22 can be swunginwardly into a room so that the outside of the glass can be readilycleaned from within the room.

After the lower sash has been moved to its open position, the operatorwithdraws the latch member of the upper sash frame from engagement withthe opening 45 of the stile member 29 and then pulls down on the uppersash frame l4. This pulling down movement of the upper sash frame iscontinued until the lower edge of the sash frame l4 and its hinged stilemember 28 are just above the window sill, when then it is swung inwardlyinto the room so that the window pane can be cleaned from within theroom.

To close the sashes again, the operator first swings the upper sashframe l4.to its closed position and then slides the sash frame I4 andits hinged stile 2B upwardly causing the tongue and groove connectionsof the sash frame l4 and stile member 29 to be connected. The latch onthe upper sash frame is then moved into the opening 45 of the stilemember 29 and the upper sash in then normally closed, so that the uppersash frame l4 and the stile member 29 can be lowered and raisedtogether.

After the upper sash has been closed, the operator swings the lower sashframe 22 outwardly to its closed position, and then slides the sashframe 22 and its hinged stile member 53 upward- 1y causing the tongueand groove connections of the lower sash frame and the stile member 55to be connected. The latch member of the lower sash frame is then movedinto engagement with the opening '13 in the stile member 55 and thelower sash frame is then normally closed, so that the lower sash frame22 and the stile member 55 can be lowered together.

From the foregoing description, it is evident that I provide a Windowstructure, wherein the sashes can be raised and lowered in the usualmanner and that they can be further opened inwardly into a room, so thatthe window panes thereof can be cleaned from within the room.

The many advantages of the herein described invention will readilysuggest themselves to those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

From the foregoing description, it is evident that a simple device forthis purpose has been disclosed, but it is to be understood that I donot desire to restrict, or limit myself to the very details of theconstruction shown and described, which is merely illustrative, it beingobvious that changes, not involving the exercise of invention, may bemade without conflicting or departing from the spirit of the inventionwithin the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1' -1, In a window construction, a window frame,a'window sash having a hinged stile weather strip connected with thewindow frame, a separable stile at the free swinging side of the sash,said separable stile embodying an inner section having its outer faceprovided with a groove extending from the top thereof to within a shortdistance of the bottom, the short distance thereof being provided with atongue extending from the bottom face of said section to the lower endof the groove, the lower end of the groove and the upper end of thetongue having registered inclined faces, the other section of theseparable stile being weather strip connected with the window frame andprovided with a correspondingly long tongue extending from the topthereof on its inner face to slidably fit in the long groove aforesaid,and also provided with a short groove extending upwardly from the lowerend of said stile to the lower end of the long tongue thereon, and saidtongue and groove having registered inclined faces at their inner endsso that when the said tongues and grooves on the separable stile are ina sliding fit the separable stiles can be wedged together when the sashis moved upwardly relative to its outer stile section to effect a tightjoint between the two sections of the separable stile.

2. A window construction having, in combination, a casing, an upper anda lower window sash, sliding stiles located on one side of the casingand having sliding metal weather strip connections with opposite sidesof a parting bead strip, said window sash being hingedly connected tosaid sliding stiles, upper and lower sliding sash stiles located on theopposite side of the casing, the upper of said sash stiles having asliding metal weather strip connection with an outside stop strip, thelower of said sliding sash stiles having a sliding metal weather stripconnection with a parting bead strip, a tongue on said mentioned slidingsash stiles extending from the upper edge thereof to a predeterminedpoint above the lower edges thereof and each provided with a beveledlower face, the upper and lower sash each having a corresponding groovein and out of which said stile tongues slide, said sliding sash stileseach having a groove below the tongue thereon and extending from thelower end of the tongues to the lower ends of the stiles, and the saidupper and lower sash each being provided with a corresponding tonguehaving a beveled upper end extending from the lower ends of the sashtongues to the lower ends of said sash, said tongue and grooveconnections first permitting the lower sash proper to be swung on itshinges to open position after the lower sliding sash stile has beenraised to its uppermost position and the lower sash then lowered andthen the upper sash proper swung to its open position on its hingesafter it has been lowered to its lowermost position.

3. A window construction having, in combination, a window frame providedwith ways for window sash to slide up and down, a pair of window sash,each having a hingedly connected stile slidable in the ways on one sideof the window frame, weather strip connections between the outersections of said two piece hingedly con nected stiles and the windowframe, a separable stile embodying an. inner and an outer stile sectionon the free swinging side of each window sash, weather strippingconnections between outer stile sections and the frame, the innersection of each separable stile having .a "longitudinal groove formed inits outer face and extending from the top edges thereof to points nearthe lower edges of said'stile sections, inclined faces at the'lower endsof said grooves, a tongue 1ongitudinally formed on the outer face ofeach separable stile section extending from the lower edges thereof andterminating at their upper ends in inclined upper faces in alignmentwith the inclined faces at the lower ends of the grooves on the innersections of the separable stiles, slid+ ing bolt fasteners carried bythe lower ends of each of, the inner sectionsof the separable stiles,

longitudinal tongues'formed on the inner faces of the outer sections ofthe separable stiles corresponding to and co-acting with the grooves, onthe inner sections of the separable stiles, said outer sections of theseparable stiles having longitudinal grooves at their lower endscorresponding to and co-acting with the tongues on the inner stilesections'of the separable stiles, said outer stile sections havingopenings' in the inner" faces thereof adapted to receive'the slidingbolt fasteners onthe inner stile sections of the separable stiles tolock the stile sections against sliding movement relative to each other,and weight cords connected with the upper ends of all the outer stilesections to hold'the sash in any selected position and permit the sashto beflower'e'd relative to the outer sections of the separable stilesand then swung to open positions.

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